Grandma and the great gold rush of Suriname
Hennah Draaibaar looks for the truth behind her grandma's stories of gold. What she finds is a life marked by hardship and loss, but was once the most celebrated in Suriname.
Hennah Draaibaar sets out to investigate a family legend she'd heard whispers of as a girl, that of her grandmother making a huge gold discovery in the 1930s which briefly made her the richest woman in Suriname. Could it be that a family just a few decades out from under the yoke of slavery had found unimaginable riches buried beneath their feet? Hennah's digging uncovers the murky history of the gold’s path down the years and reveals a portrait of the Golden Lady of Suriname that was even more precious.
High in the mountains ranges of Western Mongolia, the nomadic Kazakh people carry on a spectacular tradition: they train and hunt with the majestic golden eagle. Among them is a girl called Aisholpan Nurgaiv who was the subject of the 2016 film The Eagle Huntress. Its director, Otto Bell, told Outlook about the photos that first inspired him. This interview was first broadcast in 2016.
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
(Photo: (Front) Collage of Hennah Draaibaar's family (Background) The city of Albina in 1970s. Credit: (Front) Courtesy of Hennah Draaibaar (Background) Seidel/United Archives/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Last on
Broadcasts
- Tue 31 Jan 2023 12:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Tue 31 Jan 2023 18:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Tue 31 Jan 2023 23:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Wed 1 Feb 2023 00:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia
- Wed 1 Feb 2023 03:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except South Asia